Collar-button



(No Model.)

- H; s. DE SOLLA.

COLLAR BUTTON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLLAR OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,433, dated March 1, 1887.

Application filed July 30, 1886. Serial No. 209,550. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. DE SOLLA, of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improve-- ments in Collar-Buttons, of which the fo1lowing is a specification.

The aim ofmy invention is to provide a simple device which will answer the several purposes of connecting the two ends of the collar-band, attaching the collar thereto, and retaining the scarf or necktie in position.

To this end it consists in a button-like head having a shank curved in a peculiar manner into a hook form, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the same in its operative posit-ion.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a circular head or button having at its upper edge a shank or book formed integral therewith. This shank extends rearward horizontally from the upper edge of thehead,as shown at b, thence upward in avertical direction, as seen at b, and finally downward at the front in the form of a hook, as shown at b.

It will be observed that the portion 1) stands in a vertical or substantially vertical plane and that the hook-arm b is turned forward and downward, so that it stands in advance of the head. It is to be further noted that the upper edge of the button is to be incised adjacent to the shank and the corners turned forward, as shown at 0, thus allowing the device to be inserted the more readily through the collar and shirt-band B.

In making use of the device the head or shirt-band. The shank passesinward through the openings in the two ends of the band and thence outward-and downward over the upper edge of the band, as shown. The collar is slipped upward over the shank or hook, and the cravat or scarf D inserted beneath the shank on the outside, as shown.

I am aware that various devices for fastening collars and retaining scarfs are already known; but it is to be noted as a distinctive feature of my device that the shank or hook is returned past the face of the button and the latter providedwith the lips or shoulders 0. Having thus described my invention, what Iclairn is A collar-button having the head A and the shank extending from its upper edge, said shank being extended forward, as at b, thence the face of the head, as at b.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this th day of July, 1886, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

HERBERT s. DE soLLA.

lVitnesses:

GEORGE K. BEASLEY, J AMES M. CUTRIGHT.

button is seated against the rear face of the upward, as at b, and finally downward past 

